TLS - Concept: VANITY

VANITY 虛榮

PROUD, AND NOT HAVING CAUSE to be PROUD.

CONCEITEDNARCISSISTICSELF-LOVINGIN LOVE WITH ONESELFSELF-ADMIRINGSELF-REGARDINGSELF-OBSESSEDEGOCENTRICEGOTISTICEGOTISTICALPROUDARROGANTBOASTFULCOCKYCOCKSUREIMMODESTSWAGGERINGINFORMAL BIG-HEADEDLITERARY VAINGLORIOUS

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PROUDDELIGHT in what one BELIEVES to be one's SELF:own EXCELLENCE.
- DELIGHTINTENSELY GOOD FEELING IN-RELATION-TO something NOW.*The joy of the enjoyer X over something enjoyed Y.
  - FEELINGNATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND.
    - REACTCHANGE one's THINKING OR ACTING BECAUSE one is PERCEIVING something....

Woerterbuch der Philosophie. Neue Beitraege zu einer Kritik der Sprache ( MAUTHNER WP 1924) p. 370
Democritus Ridens ( WEBER 1857) p. 4.254
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 881

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VANITY 虛榮

PROUD, AND NOT HAVING CAUSE to be PROUD.

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